94% Of America Believes In God

[Gold9472]

Gallup: Poll Finds Americans' Belief in God Remains Strong

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/ea..._id=1001659292

(Gold9472: Prove it exists.)

By E&P Staff
Published: December 13, 2005 12:15 PM ET

NEW YORK A new Gallup survey released today finds that four decades after the "God Is Dead" controversy was first noted, Americans retain a strong belief in a higher power. Some 94% think God exists.

Only 5% feel God "does not exist" -- and even most of them "are not sure" of that. Exactly 1% are certain there is no God.

But how strongly do the believers believe? Nearly 8 in 10, in fact, say they are "convinced" God exists, although Gallup does not ask them why that is.

Conservatives are more likely to be convinced than liberals (87% vs. 61%), women a little more likely than men (82% vs. 73%), and residents of the South more than those in the East (88% vs. 70%).

Surprisingly, some 61% of those who seldom or never attend church are nevertheless convinced that God exists.

The poll sampled 1,002 national adults, Nov. 17-20.

[jetsetlemming]

Define "proof". do you want smoking-gun, red-handed proof, or ephemerical, quantum science proof? There's plenty of that.

[princesskittypoo]

the fact that you exist proves something put you here.

[Gold9472]

Ok... before you give me proof... define what "God" is.

[princesskittypoo]

the entity that gives life and emotion to a normally empty shell of a you.

[Gold9472]

the entity that gives life and emotion to a normally empty shell of a you.

jetsetlemming... what is your definition of "God"?

[jetsetlemming]

god: basically anything human-esque, but more powerful and normally immortal. God: the diety of the Christianity, Judiasm, and Islam (though they translate it into "Allah"). Impossible for the human mind to fully comprehend, a being immortal, omni-scentient, but not omnipotent (he/it's the most powerful, not all powerful. he had to take a break after creation, remember). The creator of the universe and everything in it.

[Gold9472]

Ok...

Princesskittypoo's definition of "God": "the entity that gives life and emotion to a normally empty shell of a you."

Jetsetlemming's definition of "God": "god: basically anything human-esque, but more powerful and normally immortal. God: the diety of the Christianity, Judiasm, and Islam (though they translate it into "Allah"). Impossible for the human mind to fully comprehend, a being immortal, omni-scentient, but not omnipotent (he/it's the most powerful, not all powerful. he had to take a break after creation, remember). The creator of the universe and everything in it."

Between just the TWO of you, you have two completely different definitions of something you want me to believe in. You can't even get a consensus as to WHAT "God" is, and you want me to believe in it? PUHLEESE.

[jetsetlemming]

There is no obvious proof- proof denies faith, as they say. There is evidence, however. The odds are actually in God's favor as well. Which is less likely: God, or the quadrillion in one shot of intelligent life developing in the amount of time since the earth was created (no, I'm not one of those that believe the earth's only a few thousand years old. Evolution, esp. the beginning, assumed stages, single cell life appearing, developing into multi-cell creatures, growing in size and complexety, is a long shot to fit into a few hundred million years since the earth became semi-inhabitable). It's like a natural rock formation not only forming in the shape of a computer, but being a fully funcioning computer with an operating system and everything. Sure, it's possible )barely) for nature to form something resembling a computer by accident, but that programming has to come from somewhere. Evolution is based on mutation in DNA, but where did DNA come from? You can't evolve the tools of evolution.

[jetsetlemming]

pkp's definition sounds more like a "soul" than "god" to me. Anyway, everyone has their own belief, Gold. You just have to think about it with what you know and what seems likely and what you could imagine that fits what you know.